Documentary Making #5
Really frustrating day today. Got nothing done, which means I’ll be working on Christmas Eve. Still, in the last half […]
Documentary Making #4 (and a poem)
It has been exactly that. I’m in Manchester at the moment, staying with my in-laws. I went into town to […]
Documentary Making #2
Ill ill ill! I’ve been in bed since last Wednesday. Really nasty bout of flu. It’s only fair, I haven’t […]
Documentary Making #1 (and a poem)
Blimey-flimey, what a week it’s been. From Wednesday 26 November to Friday 5 December I was in schools. I think […]
Leaving Man
I wrote the following on Wednesday at the airport on The Isle of Man: Today I leave the Isle of […]
Hope
I was just about to post a new poem then I realised the syllable count was all out in the […]
A double kiss for each scraped knee
I’m in the diner on Curtain Road in Shoreditch. It’s impossible to maintain my diet when I’m in London for […]
Fat Chance Of That
“It was thundering for hours the other day. But did it rain? Not a drop.” Said the woman, fifty-something, strong […]
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Back to Work
When I’m not writing and performing I work for New Writing Partnership as their Live Literature Co-ordinator. It’s a fantastic […]